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I‘m pretty sure Apple won‘t do that, because they want you to buy your kids their own iPhone. Why doesn‘t the iPad have this sort of multi-user mode? An iPad i

I‘m pretty sure Apple won‘t do that, because they want you to buy your kids their own iPhone. Why doesn‘t the iPad have this sort of multi-user mode? An iPad is the perfect device for sharing. But no, if you don‘t want your kids to read your emails, you need to buy them their own iPad.

mkl 9y ago
Buying kids their own phone is what this leads to. The kid only knows the kid-mode PIN for their own phone.
prawn 9y ago
This would be a phone for the kid that was locked into basic mode during school hours and then maybe unlocked on weekends or for a game session. Once upon a time, kids went to school without phones, so it is possible...
- DavideNL 9y ago
  There's some of that in iOS: "Settings -> Restrictions", which will be locked by a passcode. It has a lot of options, but probably not enough (like restricting specific apps.) You can however set to allow only apps rated "4+ years, 6+, etc. Time limitation is possible too, via "Settings -> Accessibility -> Guided Access".
bonestamp2 9y ago
> if you don‘t want your kids to read your emails, you need to buy them their own iPad. You're right. But I still think I would buy my kid their own iPad even if my iPhone/iPad had a kid mode. My kid has their own iPad and I still find times when it would be ideal to give them access to the basic features on my phone/ipad. Frankly, if iOS just added the ability to password protect any app then that would be good enough, and it would be useful for more than kids... hand you phone to a coworker or relative to look at photos they can't accidentally/intentionally hop over to your email.
- nitemice 9y ago
  Your last use-case is sort of covered by Android's screen pinning feature[0]. You have to enable it in settings, but it's useful, and seems to work well. [0] https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6118421?hl=en https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6118421?hl=en This link is for Nexus, but I think it's included in all version of Android since 5.0 Lollipop.
  - Nition 9y ago
    iOS has this too, it's called Guided Access.
- nkkollaw 9y ago
  iOS lets you block access to a single app, so that even if they click the home button they can't go anywhere else.
  - david_shaw 9y ago
    I hadn't heard of that. How do you use this feature?
    - Nition 9y ago
      https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612
      - david_shaw 9y ago
        Awesome. Thank you!
rocho 9y ago
Android has had multi-user accounts for months or years now (I can't remember exactly when it was introduced).
amelius 9y ago
> I‘m pretty sure Apple won‘t do that, because they want you to buy your kids their own iPhone. The funny thing is, Apple didn't want to call their computer a "PC", but their smartphone is more a personal computer than any other brand.

mkl 9y ago

Buying kids their own phone is what this leads to. The kid only knows the kid-mode PIN for their own phone.

prawn 9y ago

This would be a phone for the kid that was locked into basic mode during school hours and then maybe unlocked on weekends or for a game session. Once upon a time, kids went to school without phones, so it is possible...

DavideNL 9y ago
There's some of that in iOS: "Settings -> Restrictions", which will be locked by a passcode. It has a lot of options, but probably not enough (like restricting specific apps.) You can however set to allow only apps rated "4+ years, 6+, etc. Time limitation is possible too, via "Settings -> Accessibility -> Guided Access".

bonestamp2 9y ago

> if you don‘t want your kids to read your emails, you need to buy them their own iPad. You're right. But I still think I would buy my kid their own iPad even if my iPhone/iPad had a kid mode. My kid has their own iPad and I still find times when it would be ideal to give them access to the basic features on my phone/ipad. Frankly, if iOS just added the ability to password protect any app then that would be good enough, and it would be useful for more than kids... hand you phone to a coworker or relative to look at photos they can't accidentally/intentionally hop over to your email.

nitemice 9y ago
Your last use-case is sort of covered by Android's screen pinning feature[0]. You have to enable it in settings, but it's useful, and seems to work well. [0] https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6118421?hl=en https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6118421?hl=en This link is for Nexus, but I think it's included in all version of Android since 5.0 Lollipop.
- Nition 9y ago
  iOS has this too, it's called Guided Access.
nkkollaw 9y ago
iOS lets you block access to a single app, so that even if they click the home button they can't go anywhere else.
- david_shaw 9y ago
  I hadn't heard of that. How do you use this feature?
  - Nition 9y ago
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202612
    - david_shaw 9y ago
      Awesome. Thank you!

rocho 9y ago

Android has had multi-user accounts for months or years now (I can't remember exactly when it was introduced).

amelius 9y ago

> I‘m pretty sure Apple won‘t do that, because they want you to buy your kids their own iPhone. The funny thing is, Apple didn't want to call their computer a "PC", but their smartphone is more a personal computer than any other brand.